Cliff Harris to the combine, spring dates and a couple other items

Clearing out the virtual notebook while covering an Oregon women's basketball game …

Got word yesterday that former UO cornerback Cliff Harris received an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine. The release of the final invite list has been delayed, but so far we know of seven Ducks with reported invitations — Harris, Mark Asper, LaMichael James, Josh Kaddu, David Paulson, Eddie Pleasant and Darron Thomas.

The Ducks announced that this year's spring game will be held April 28 at Autzen Stadium. Based on last year, I presume spring practices will begin on April 3, the day after spring term begins at the university.

Those holding out hope the Ducks might add one more player to this year's recruiting class, receiver Julian Brooks, will be disappointed by a DuckTerritory.com report that Brooks in fact did not make an official visit this weekend. Brooks' Twitter feed would also seem to suggest he didn't make the trip. UO coach Chip Kelly said Wednesday he thought the Ducks' class as announced that afternoon was complete, it's worth recalling.

Finally, here's a video feature on UO kicker Rob Beard produced by a team of students that included UO offensive guard Trevor Fox.